What is Rest?

Tell me my child, what does “rest” mean to you? What does true rest look like to you? Be honest and don’t hold back. Tell me not what you think I want to hear or what you know it should be, but what does rest actually mean to you?

Is it some ethereal concept that cannot be grasped, or is it just beyond your reach in this busy world full of things that must be done? Is it just something that you have read about in the Bible but is a not-yet promise only truly yours when you die and go to heaven?

And yet, I say to you come, will you who are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest, that is my promise. But my question is, do you not have rest because you have not come? 

I’m waiting for your response to my invitation to come, I am waiting for you to take that step of faith and to receive my easy yoke and my light burden in exchange for what you are carrying. 

Simply this, my child, come says the Lord of the Sabbath.

Activation: Just stop a minute and reflect, are you at rest? If not it is time to come to Jesus and to sit in his presence. Sit at his feet and receive his rest. Allow all that you are carrying to fall off.

Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Luke 10:38-42 (NIV)

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” 

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”